holly r. prendeville-coordinator...usda climate hubs regional network assisting land managers and...

Holly R. Prendeville-Coordinator

Bea Van Horne, USFS, DirectorMike Strobel, NRCS, Co-LeadDave Huggins, ARS, Co-Lead

Gabrielle Roesch-McNally, Fellow

USDA Climate HubsRegional network assisting land managers and extension agents with managing for risks in a changing climate:

-drought-floods-wild fires-changing growing seasons…

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USDA Climate Hubs

Technical & Program Support

Assessments and Forecasts

Outreach and Education

www.climatehubs.oce.usda.gov

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Educational materialBlogsNewslettersWebinarsCourses

Regional assessments

Regional data & research

-data visualization

Tools

www.climatehubs.oce.usda.gov/northwest/

Serves Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington-Forests, rangelands, agriculture-Tribal nations

Main office in Corvallis, ORBea Van Horne - DirectorGabrielle Roesch-McNally – FellowHolly Prendeville-Coordinator

AlaskaDave D’Amore-Hub representative, USFS Pacific NW Research Station- Juneau

Northwest Climate Conference –Nov 14-16 Skamania Lodge in Stevenson, WA

Jan Dawe-University of Alaska-Fairbanks, partner

Products that will be available soon:Agriculture

AgBiz LogicForestry

Climate Smart Seed-lot Selection Tool Rangelands

Small dams to assist with incised streams

Current activities

Seed-lot selection tool-current climate

Brad St. Clair -USFSGlen Howe -OSUDominique Bachelet -CBI

Seed-lot selection tool-2025 climate

Incised channels

Modern floodplain

Historical floodplain (now a terrace)

Susan Charnley -USFSGordon Grant -USFS/OSUSarah Lewis -USFS/OSUCaroline Nash -OSU

Incised channels

Modern floodplain

Historical floodplain (now a terrace)

September 1, 2002Camp Creek Silvies River Basin, OR4 years prior to restoration

September 10, 2012Camp Creek Silvies River Basin, OR4.5 years after restoration

A Climate Change Assessment of Vegetation, Fire, and Ecosystem Services for Tribal Lands in the Pacific Northwest (Oregon & Washington)

Michael Case- University of WashingtonBecky Kerns- USFS Pacific Northwest Research StationJohn Kim- USFS Pacific Northwest Research Station

New project just funded

Objective: Apply dynamic general vegetation model (DGVM) output to assess changes to vegetation, fire, and ecosystem services across tribal lands and sacred places

MC2 Vegetation TypesHistorical

MC2 Vegetation TypesHistorical 2080

MC2 Vegetation TypesHistorical 2080

Project Partners• Preston Hardison-Tulalip Tribes• Bill Fish and Jonathan Treasure-The Confederated

Tribes of the Warm Springs• Eliza Ghitis-Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission• Kathy Lynn-PNW Tribal Climate Change Project• David Redhorse-Bureau of Indian Affairs• Anna Schmidt-Bureau of Indian Affairs• Robert Compton-Bureau of Indian Affairs• Jason Younker-University of Oregon• David Diaz-Ecotrust• Janean Creighton-Oregon State University• You?

Interested in partnering contact

Michael Case-University of WashingtonMichael@Case-Research.org

206-913-1326

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http://www.climatehubs.oce.usda.gov/northwest

Holly Prendeville Coordinator541-750-7300 hollyrprendeville@fs.fed.us

Bea Van Horne Director541-750-7357bvhorne@fs.fed.us

Gabrielle Roesch-McNallyFellow541-750-7091groeschmcnaly@fs.fed.us

Dave D’AmoreRepresentative907-586-7955ddamore@fs.fed.us

Questions/Observations/Discussion

Phenology network https://www.usanpn.org/data/phenology_maps

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